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Bacteria
Gram staining process acronyms,
Outline gram staining process,
Gram positive results
25
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Innate immunity
Factors determining the outcome f...,
Infectivity,
Host immune response
74
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Adaptive immunity- extracellular
Which cell act was a bridge betwe...,
If naive t cells and pathogen meet,
Only way t cells can be activated...
37
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Adaptive immunity- effector stage
B and t lymphocytes are produced ...,
Where do t cells mature,
Where do b cells mature
46
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Antibiotics (1/2)
Desirable goals when designing an...,
Half life,
How is half life determined
29
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Antibiotics (2/2)
Beta lactam antibiotics,
Most penicillins have the suffix,
Penicillins all interfere with the
62
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Antifungals
How many main families of antifun...,
Name the main families of antifun...,
Give an example of an azole
14
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Antivirals
Name two antivirals,
How does aciclovir work,
What is aciclovir used to treat
12
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Antibiotic resistance
Measuring antibiotic activity pro...,
The larger the area clear area of...,
How is antibiotic susceptibility ...
29
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Sepsis
Sepsis is characterised by a,
Septic shock,
Why are definitions of sepsis imp...
67
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Meningitis
Meningitis in simple terms,
The meninges,
Organs that comprise the cns brai...
25
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Urinary tract infections
When do utis occur,
Patients risk factors,
Causative pathogens
15
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Hospital acquired infections
What are hais,
Definition in terms of the patient,
Hais also include
31
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Community acquired infections
Communicable diseases can be tran...,
Communicable diseases can be tran...,
Source of disease example
28
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Introduction to infection
What is an infection,
Disease caused by,
How do people get infected
31
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Introduction to microbes
The microbial world,
Sizes of micro organisms,
Prions are
44
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The Infection Model
Draw the infection model,
The infection model pathogen,
Name
28
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Candida infection
Candidiasis,
Oral candidiasis thrush
11
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Cellulitis
What is cellulitis,
Patient risk factors,
Pathogens which cause cellulitis
19
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia,
How is pneumonia distinguished fr...,
Classification
27
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Upper respiratory tract infections- Adenovirus
Distinguished from pneumonia by,
Adenovirus most commonly cause re...,
Other infections adenovirus can c...
11
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The immunocompromised host
Immunocompromised definition,
Often failure to recognise and di...,
Pid
50
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Biofilms
Biofilms are important defence me...,
What is a biofilm,
Extracellular polymeric substance
18
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Endocarditis
Usually the endocardium is,
Most cases of endocarditis are as...,
When does endocarditis generally ...
30
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Management of sharps injury
Which infections are we worried a...,
Risk of transmission of hiv from ...,
Risk of transmission of hep b fro...
6
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Malaria
Malaria is the,
Disease vector,
How many species of plasmodium
35
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Dengue fever
Infection overview,
How many serotypes,
Patient risk factors
16
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Typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric fever)
Typhoid is a bacterial infection ...,
Patient risk factors,
Pathogen
14
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HIV
First identified in the,
Why if the incidence new cases of...,
Hiv specifically affects
33
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Hepatitis
Hepatitis is simply,
Hepatitis viruses,
Hepa transmission
19
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Hepatitis B
Acute hepatitis,
Only becomes chronic in,
Chronic hepatitis
13
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Hepatitis C
How many people will become chron...,
Some people will develop,
Pathogen
12
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Infections on the surface
Viral skin microbiota,
Bacterrial skin microbiota,
Gram negative bacterial skin micr...
31
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E. coli
Describing e coli,
Complex ecology of e coli one hea...,
E coli under the microscope
37
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Streptococcus
Streptococi characteristics,
How do you classify streptocci,
Explain haemolysis
35
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Influenza
Payload of a virus,
Influenza overview,
What type of viruses are influenz...
48
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